Source = DT&G Design
http://www.graphic-design.com/DTG/bergsland/new_typography.html
New technologies from the later 20th Century that saw the change from metal to digital type opened the doors for so many more fonts. It went from hundreds of fonts to hundreds of thousands.
This was made possible by: phototype, press type, early desktop publishing.
These 3 technologies marked a huge change to type.
With digital software you are able to adapt Point size, leading, colour, weight etc at a simple click of a button.
However although this modern version was a lot quicker to manipulate and use there was still a lot lost in the translation from metal to digital type. A certain character and feel that does not exist in a digital version.
Although this had a huge impact on typography there are also lots of other factors over the years that have also influenced typographic styles and techniques.
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